Abide Meditation "Pride"

Time on meditation: 5:52 .....This verse clearly lays out 4 important steps in a cycles that God uses for maturing us in Christ 

We Sin...We Fall....We Confess....We Grow Stronger. Then repeat, that simple and that hard When have you experienced those steps and that cycle

Time 6:52; Listen again as I read proverb 11:2 from the Amplified Bible " When pride comes boiling up with an arrogant attitude of self importance, then comes dishonor and shame, but with the humble the teachable who has been chisled by trial and who have learned to walk humbly with God. There is wisdom and soundness of mind

What one particular characteristics of Christ did you most identify with in this passage. 

Time 7:59; We Sin, we fall, we confess, we grow stronger. Confessing is pritty humbling and pride often blocks that. Recall a recent time of confession and let the spirit examine your heart during quite meditation.

Time 8:52; After you fall after you confess are you open to learning in repentance. Are you open to the spirit guiding you to right living through others, that can be pretty humbling too. Ask the spirit to examine your heart even deeper for signs of resistance to learning new ways of walking with Christ.

Time 9:47; Listen one final time as I read and you meditate on Proverb 11:2 from the  Contemporary English Version.  "To much pride can put you to shame, it's wiser to be humble. We Sin we fall, we confess, we grow stronger, repeat!"

In 2 Samuel 12 after David's sin with Basheba the propher Nathan confronts David about his moral failure by telling him the story of two men in the city. One rich and one poor. David's anger burns against the rich man in the story when he hears of the injustice done to the poor man. When has someone needed to confront you about a sin

Time 11:19 When David tells Nathan  that the rich man should repay the poor man four fold for his sheep and that the rich man should die for what he had done. Nathan says four powerful words" You are the man" And David's response "I have sinned against the Lord" 

How did you respond when you were confronted by your sin?

Time 12:22; David confessed and repented but had to suffer the consequence of his sin. The child born of the sin committed with Bethsheba tragically died. David suffered greatly for the pride that made him think it was ok for him to take the wife of one of his men,  but his repentance was complete and sincere.

Time 13:21; Pride caused David to fall. How can you keep yourself from such destruction? 

Time 13:58 Lets pray...Oh dear Lord God I am so often so weak but thank you for making me aware of my weaknesses. Because my awareness helps brings humility and for that I'm eternally greatful. Help me be aware of my pride before I fall on my face.Help make me aware of my pride so I can stand firm by your stength in my humility. Remind me always that when pride comes, then comes disgrace. But with the humilty you bring then comes wisdom. I offer and pray this in the name of Jesus your son our savior and my Lord Amen

Stay a little longer if you can. Ask the spirit to reveal your own self-righteous pride and pray for someone to have the courage to approach you.